### Please describe the problem. When pairing two machines with git-annex assistant, the assistant kept asking for the ssh password. Checking the git-annex daemon logs, I saw that ssh was refusing to use the key the assistant had created because it was group readable (see below for the log extract). ### What steps will reproduce the problem? The assistant was installed from the ubuntu precise ppa backport on an up-to-date copy of ubuntu precise. It was started using "git-annex webapp --listen=XYZ". This was done on two machines on the same network. Created a repository using the web-app, the same on both machines. Did a pair request. This initially worked fine, until it got to the point of using ssh, when it started asking for the password many many times. ### What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system? git-annex version: 5.20140306 build flags: Assistant Webapp Pairing S3 WebDAV Inotify DBus XMPP Feeds Quvi TDFA CryptoHash key/value backends: SHA256E SHA1E SHA512E SHA224E SHA384E SKEIN256E SKEIN512E SHA256 SHA1 SHA512 SHA224 SHA384 SKEIN256 SKEIN512 WORM URL remote types: git gcrypt S3 bup directory rsync web webdav tahoe glacier hook external local repository version: 5 supported repository version: 5 upgrade supported from repository versions: 0 1 2 4 Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS ### Please provide any additional information below. [[!format sh """ # If you can, paste a complete transcript of the problem occurring here. # If the problem is with the git-annex assistant, paste in .git/annex/daemon.log (started...) Generating public/private rsa key pair. Your identification has been saved in /tmp/git-annex-keygen.0/key. Your public key has been saved in /tmp/git-annex-keygen.0/key.pub. The key fingerprint is: 2b:f4:28:35:72:2c:9e:5b:d3:1d:d1:a1:b7:c7:a5:34 ABC@XYZ The key's randomart image is: +--[ RSA 2048]----+ | . | | o . | | o o E .| | . o + + | | o * S . . + | | . B = o . . | | + = + . | | + o | | . | +-----------------+ [2014-03-14 13:35:45 GMT] main: Pairing in progress @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @ WARNING: UNPROTECTED PRIVATE KEY FILE! @ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Permissions 0620 for 'ABC/.ssh/git-annex/key.git-annex-XYZ_annex' are too open. It is required that your private key files are NOT accessible by others. This private key will be ignored. bad permissions: ignore key: ABC/.ssh/git-annex/key.git-annex-XYZ_annex (merging XYZ_annex/git-annex into git-annex...) # End of transcript or log. """]] > [[Fixed|done]]; the code made sure the file did not have any group or > world read bits, but did not clear write bits. --[[Joey]]